Huckleberries are culturally important food. Tribes say it isn't treated like one

Soundside · Mar 12, 2025 · 22m

Huckleberries appear in any number of Northwest products like ice cream, syrups, jams, teas, pies, tinctures, and vodka, but they are incredibly difficult to grow on farms.

Instead, huckleberries grow at high elevations in fields, and are found mostly in forests that have recently burned.

Native people have been picking huckleberries for generations and huckleberry harvests in the mountains are one of the major food gathering events for Tribes.

But many say a combination of federal forest management practices and commercial picking operations infringe on their treaty rights.

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